National Outsourcing Awards 2010
21st October 10
The 7th annual National Outsourcing Association Awards was a glamorous affair, attracting the biggest names in the outsourcing industry at the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel.
The guests all mingled before the ceremony, overlooking spectacular views of London’s most striking landmarks - the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.
Comedian Jack Whitehall hosted the awards and helped to make the evening a night to remember. Timeout’s “Sickeningly young wunderkind” delivered a fantastic routine before introducing Martyn Hart, Chairman of the NOA, to the stage to introduce the awards.
Martyn said: “Outsourcing is on the up and the awards are a fantastic opportunity for professionals within the industry to come together and celebrate the year’s successes. Professionals have predicted high growth rates for outsourcing as the public sector increasingly looks to move contracts towards the private sector.”
The National Outsourcing Association Awards have become a landmark in helping cement outsourcing as a key business function and practice. Interest and attendees to the awards has risen year on year and winning an award is seen as a huge accolade and recognition of success.
The 17 awards all celebrated the top developments, contracts and innovation within the outsourcing space. Hundreds of applications were whittled down to a shortlist of nominees and winners were then selected by a panel of outsourcing experts.
The winners of the Awards were:
BPO Contract of the Year sponsored by Nelson Hall
Mahindra Satyam BPO & GlaxoSmithKline
IT Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Cognizant
Capgemini & Welsh European Funding Office
Financial Services Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Sitel
Capita & AXA
Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Alexander Mann Solutions
CSC - Department of Health
Telecommunications, Utilities and High-Tech Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by sourcingfocus.com
Infosys
Offshoring Operation of the Year sponsored by Buffalo Communications
Exigent
Outsourcing Professional of the Year sponsored by HML
Serco - Duncan Mackison
Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year sponsored by ITIDA
HCL Technologies
Outsourcing Contact Centre Provider of the Year sponsored by KPMG
The Listening Company
Outsourcing Advisory of the Year sponsored by The OUT Group
Olswang
Offshoring Destination of the Year sponsored by FST
Philippine Trade & Investment - Philippines
Outsourcing End User of the Year sponsored by IBM
HMRC
Award for Innovation in Outsourcing sponsored by RR Donnelley
CSC
Award for Best Practice in Outsourcing sponsored by Intelenet
Centrica
Award for Academic Achievement sponsored by NOA Pathway
Verity Billson - Capital One
Award for Corporate Social Responsibility sponsored by Fujitsu
Firstsource
Chairman’s award for outstanding contribution to the outsourcing industry
National Rail Enquiries
Martyn concluded: “It’s wonderful that these awards can recognise the innovation and developments that have taken place in the past year and look forward to the future. It really has been an incredible evening.”
Party band Madhen wrapped up the evening by taking to the stage with a high-energy performance, playing a great selection of songs that kept the guests busy all night. Overall, the awards were a fantastic night for the outsourcing industry and one which has made everyone excited about the NOA Awards 2011.
